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Max Baucus Votes Against Manchin-Toomey Gun Legislation Amendment

Jon King — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:11:09 +0000

Baucus votes against Manchin-Toomey

Steve Daines and Jon Tester Disagree on Gun Legislation, New Speeches Draw Sharp Line [VIDEO]

Jon King — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:33:15 +0000

In two speeches, both Senator Jon Tester and Rep. Steve Daines show sharp disagreement on similar background check amendments.

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Governor Bullock Vetoes Concealed Carry Without Permit

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:00:54 +0000

Governor Steve Bullock has vetoed a bill that would have allowed any person eligible to own a firearm to carry a concealed weapon without a permit within city limits.

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Max Baucus Explains Why He Voted to Override Filibuster on New Gun Control Legislation

Jon King — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:54:46 +0000

Montana Senator Max Baucus joined with his Democratic fellows and a some Republicans to override a filibuster on new gun control legislation.

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Bill Banning Enforcement of Unconstitutional Federal Gun Laws Vetoed, Bill Sponsor Krayton Kerns Responds

Jon King — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:40:05 +0000

The bill would have made it illegal for Montana authorities to enforce any unconstitutional federal gun bans or restrictions, but was it merely an act of political theater?

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Teen Accidentally Shot While Cleaning Handguns

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:57:54 +0000

Authorities say a teenager was shot and seriously injured while he and a friend were cleaning handguns in Clark, a small town near the Wyoming-Montana border.

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Montana Attorney General Questions Constitutionality of New York Gun Control Law

Jon King — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:18:03 +0000

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced today, March 12, that Montana had joined with 19 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of a New York gun control statute.

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Pro-Gun Voters Put Heat on Democratic Senators

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:57:08 +0000

Democrats in the West and South who have long embraced gun-owners' rights are facing angry constituents, on edge over a renewed call for a ban on assault weapons from liberal lawmakers in Washington D.C.

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Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December.

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Montana House changes Mind Again on Automatic School Suspension Gun Bill

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:13:12 +0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The House is again changing its mind on a measure dealing with guns at school, essentially leaving the law as it currently stands.

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Man Fires Over 80 Rounds at Montana Police, Standoff Ended With Tear Gas

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:26:09 +0000

Police in northwestern Montana say a man fired 80 to 100 rounds from his home in Somers on Saturday with a variety of weapons before an armored vehicle took officers close enough to fire tear gas into the house and end the standoff.

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Belgrade High School Security Follow Up – Student Arrested – Gun Brought To School

Colleen O'Quinn — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:56:33 +0000

In the evening hours of February 6, 2013 Belgrade Police Department responded to a reported Burglary near the Belgrade High School.

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Montana High School Student Charged With Bringing Loaded Gun to School

Cole — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:46:44 +0000

Another Montana student has been charged with bringing a handgun to school. This time the student claims it was only for protection.

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[UPDATE] Teen Charged with Bringing Guns to School

Associated Press — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:15:28 +0000

According to court documents, the boy was planning to shoot up the school for political reasons.

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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and NRA Withdraw From Gun Show Where AR Rifles Are Prohibited

Jon King — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:40:19 +0000

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has pulled out of a Pennsylvania gun show because the show's organizers are refusing to allow certain types of legal rifles to be presented.

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Gun And Ammunition Sales Brisk in Western Montana [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:32:26 +0000

photo courtesy of fred thompson/flickr.comRich Oschner is a very busy man. Oschner is the man behind the gun counter at the Axmen South Missoula Mercantile and Pawn.

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Was Bob Costas's Gun-Control Rant Inappropriate? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:58:16 +0000

Most of us tune into 'Sunday Night Football' and expect to see one of the weekend's big games. What you don't expect is a lecture on gun control.

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Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:07:37 +0000

Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.

Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.

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Oops! Embarrassed SWAT Team Has Their Guns Stolen

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:26:02 +0000

Well, this is humiliating. Thieves using bolt cutters were able to force their way into a supposedly secure building earlier Thursday morning and steal 21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handgun from the Los Angeles police department’s prestigious SWAT unit.

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Virginia Tech Goes into Lockdown Mode After Reports of Gunman on Campus

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:47:46 +0000

Four years after the nation’s deadliest school shooting, a report of another armed man on the grounds of Virginia Tech sparked an all-day manhunt Thursday.

A campus-wide lockdown was instituted just 28 minutes after three teens attending a summer program at Virginia Tech reported seeing a man carrying a weapon. While officers searched some 150 buildings for the suspect, the university activated a new emergency alert system put in place after the 2007 rampage that claimed the lives of 33 students.

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